| Description |
xi, 509 pages ; 24 cm |
| Series |
A Free Press paperback |
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Free Press paperback.
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| Contents |
The idea of freedom -- The burden of freedom -- Freedom and the control of impulse -- The fear of equality -- Some sources of support for democratic methods -- The undemocrats -- Cabalism: the political system of undemocrats -- Power in society -- Innocence regained: the view of government from Eastport -- The alienated and the allegiant -- Homelessness: the roots of political alienation -- The mind of the new collectivism -- The shores of utopia -- Eastport social patterns: opportunity and community -- Work life in metropolis: the reshaping of democratic man -- Money and the conservative view of life -- Fathers and sons: family experience and the development of ideology -- The day after tomorrow: of time and ideology -- Place and community: the geography of ideology -- The explanation of political events -- The lost sense of evil: low-tension morality and low-tension politics -- Conceptualization in political discourse -- The uses of political knowledge -- Identity diffusion and ideological caution -- Theory of ideological change -- Stability and responsiveness: the public's contribution -- Public resources for liberty and justice |
| Summary |
An exploration of the social and cultural sources of political beliefs and, in particular, of ideas about democracy |
| Notes |
Bibliographical footnotes |
| Bibliography |
Bibliographical footnotes and index |
| Subject |
Democracy.
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Ideology.
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Liberty.
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| LC no. |
62015344 |
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